New Scottish records additions to Ancestry

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added some new Scottish collections:

Midlothian, Scotland, Burials, 1834-2025
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63107/
Source: Midlothian Burials. Midlothian, Scotland: Midlothian Council Archives.

This collection contains records from cemeteries in the county of Midlothian, Scotland, dated between 1834 and 1997. Most of the records are registers and lair books with burial information for several people on one page. Lair is the Scottish word for a burial plot in a cemetery, and there are some records of lair purchases and lair-holders. The collection has a series of cemetery maps and plans that show the location of sections and lairs. There are also minute books that record the creation and maintenance of individual cemeteries. The collection is not comprehensive. Some local cemeteries and burial places are not covered.


Edinburgh, Scotland, WWI Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63263/
Source: not given

This collection contains a roll of honour for people associated with the University of Edinburgh in Scotland who served in the British armed forces during the First World War.

The roll of honour was published in a book that has three sections. The book begins with a “Roll of the Fallen” listing people who died while in the military between 1914 and 1919. The second section includes records of war service for university students and personnel who served in the armed forces and survived the war. The final section lists people who were awarded orders or decorations or were mentioned in dispatches. The rolls are organised alphabetically by surname.


Edinburgh, Scotland, Poor Law Records, 1817-1852
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/63246/
Edinburgh Poor Law Records. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh City Archives.

This collection contains records from government poorhouses in Edinburgh, Scotland, dated between 1817 and 1852. The records include registers of poor house residents, lists of people receiving relief but not living in poorhouses, applications for relief, and questionnaires filled out by relief applicants.

 

Further details on all of the collections are available via the links.

Chris 

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